SAM RAINSY MEETS WITH U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE

SAM RAINSY MEETS WITH U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE

CHRISTOPHER HILL IN WASHINGTON

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy met this afternoon in Washington D.C.with Christopher Hill, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asianand Pacific Affairs. Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marcial also took partin the meeting at the State Department. They discussed the worrisomeenvironment and mechanics of the forthcoming national elections to be heldin Cambodia on 27 July 2008, as well as the necessity to promote goodgovernance in that country with the adoption and the effectiveimplementation of a long overdue anti-corruption law. Another topic isrelated to problems that hinder progress in the proceedings at the KhmerRouge Tribunal.

SRP Cabinet